[2025 Global Corporate Collaboration Program] Final Selection of Startups for L'Oréal 'Big Bang' 2025 Program Completed! 🌌
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- Jun 7
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Next Challenge, in collaboration with global beauty & tech leader L'Oréal, proudly announces the final selection of 5 startups for the Big Bang track of the 2025 Global Corporate Collaboration Program! 🌌
The L'Oréal Big Bang program is designed to discover and support outstanding startups in the Beauty Tech sector, focusing on areas such as Generative AI, Health & Medical Beauty, and Sustainable Beauty Materials.The program aims to drive global market expansion and foster strategic collaborations. 💫
This year’s selected startups include companies with cutting-edge innovations in:
Personalized beauty solutions
Digital-driven user experiences
High-performance and high-efficiency beauty materials
These startups are expected to set new trends and lead the future of the Beauty Tech industry. 💄
The selection process evaluated candidates based on:
Feasibility of the business concept
Technological competitiveness
Global scalability
Potential synergy with L'Oréal
Final selections were made through a combination of document review and presentation evaluations.
Here are the startups that made the final cut.
구분 | 기업명 | 주요 아이템 |
1 | 주식회사 디지털센트 | AI 기반 향수 시향·조향 플랫폼 (디지털 향기 제어 & 소비자 선호 예측) |
2 | 주식회사 수집 | 적대적 생성신경망 기반 실감형 메이크업 SaaS |
3 | 주식회사 스템온 | 엑소좀 기반 자동화 기능성 화장품 개발 |
4 | 주식회사 바이오엔티 | 생분해성 마이크로비드 및 탈모 개선 기능성 부스터 |
5 | 주식회사 심플스틱 | 금 나노입자 기반 자외선 차단용 유무기 하이브리드 소재 |
(In addition, many promising Beauty Tech startups showed great interest in this year’s program!) 🤗
🤝 Key Support for Startups Selected for Big Bang
Next Challenge will provide the selected startups with a variety of specialized support programs, including:
IR Re-Building Program to enhance investor readiness and secure funding
1:1 consulting and capability assessment to strengthen global expansion capabilities
PoC (Proof of Concept) programs and on-site programs focused on the APAC region
Business development funding of up to KRW 200 million (~USD 150,000)
In addition, L'Oréal will offer:
1:1 in-depth technical and business mentoring with industry experts
Opportunities for technology partnerships through the global Big Bang program
Potential integration with L'Oréal’s global and regional HQ programs
Through these initiatives, L'Oréal aims to actively support the technology scale-up and global collaboration of the selected startups.
💄 The future of the beauty industry begins with your innovation.
Next Challenge will continue to collaborate with global industry leaders to provide sustainable and impactful support for Korean tech companies striving to compete in the global beauty market.
We look forward to the exciting journey of the Beauty Tech startups selected for L'Oréal Big Bang!
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